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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Congratulations Newly Ordained Fr. Tim Ferguson!
I was in Marquette, MI on Friday for the priestly ordination of a frequent commentator and parodohymnodist here, Fr. Timothy Ferguson. His road to the priesthood was 29 years long! As he quipped: “thirty less one”. He sent a note … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Fr. Z KUDOS, Mail from priests, Parody Songs, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged Tim Ferguson
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The upcoming “environment” encyclical, “human ecology”, and the everlasting pains of Hell
Some say that the Pope’s next encyclical – on the “environment” – will be called “Laudato sii“. Some say that that’s Latin. No. It isn’t. It’s the 13th Umbrian which St. Francis of Assisi would have known and in which … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, Francis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Canticle of the Sun, Fishwrap, Genesis 1, human ecology, National Schismatic Reporter, National Sodomitical Reporter, natural law, St. Francis of Assisi
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My View For Awhile: Shore to Shore Edition
It’s time to leave the shore of Lake Superior for the shore of Lake Michigan. My flight is from Marquette to Milwaukee, where I will pick up my car and head back to Madison, perhaps after an errand or two. … Read More
Of Disasters, Preparedness and You
I’m coming up for air and finally turning attention to stuff going on in the world (other than Church stuff). I have caught up a bit about the horrible challenges that many are experiencing in Texas, due to rains and … Read More
Conspicuous absence from the recent “shadow council”
You heard about the strange “shadow council” held about the same time that the Pope’s council of the Synod of Bishops was meeting to discuss, inter alia, the upcoming Synod and its MO. HERE The “shadow council” was held in … Read More
Juventutem member gives Latin oration at Harvard
A couple years ago I was at Harvard to give a talk and sing a Mass organized by – among others – Juventutem. Now I see that one of the young men in Juventutem gave the Latin address at Harvard’s … Read More
My View For While: Yooper Edition
I’m off to another ordination. This time it is the ordination to the priesthood of one of the frequent commentators here, soon-to-be Fr. Tim Ferguson. He is, as you might remember, the author of the parody songs I’ve … Read More
Posted in On the road, Priests and Priesthood, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged D. Marquette, ordination, Upper Peninsula
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Another bishop thinks Catholic teachers should be role models
Another bishop supports the idea that teachers in Catholic schools must serve also as role models. The Cardinal New Society, which watches the status quaestionis of Catholic education in these USA, has a letter that His Excellency Most Rev. Richard … Read More
Christological well… not quite… Edulcorated Goldfinch Alert!
Long time readers here have seen my shots of Christological Goldfinches from Medieval and Renaissance paintings and statues snapped during my museum visits. Here is a detail from one I shot in the Louvre a while back by the Master of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father wears the chasuble for everything he does
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it appropriate or allowed for a priest to wear a chasuble while hearing confessions, baptizing babies or other non Mass functions? Some priests seem to always wear a chasuble for everything while others wear an … Read More
Gregg the Obscure on Daily Rome Shot 1539 – Request: “glad to have prayed for your Mother (and you) before the blessed Sacrament. and to have lit votives”
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